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Novus International ALIMET Plant (Chocolate Bayou, Texas)
Operated by Novus International →US · Chocolate Bayou, near Alvin, Brazoria County, Texaschemical_plant
Novus's primary ALIMET (HMTBa liquid methionine analog) manufacturing plant; first shipment 1984; ~284,000 MT/year nameplate capacity. Owned 80% by Mitsui & Co. (Japan) and 20% by Nippon Soda (Japan) — the plant is Japanese-owned, not Chinese-owned. ALIMET is 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid — a liquid methionine hydroxy analogue, chemically distinct from dry DL-methionine. Located on the Gulf Coast for easy petrochemical feedstock access and port export.
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